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Today's wireless industry faces many demands. We must get creative to meet them. We have demands driven by our broadband goals, to get every European digital. New figures, published yesterday, show mobile broadband penetration reached 47.8% last year: nearly one broadband SIM for every two Europeans. Yet there is still an investment gap to deploy and upgrade our mobile networks. We have rocketing demands from users. Recent growth in mobile data could continue, climbing 66% each year - as we move to 4G, the cloud, and the "internet of things", with mobile devices soon outnumbering people.Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:42:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/9786BUILDCONNECTGROW.eu - Webzine issue n.4https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/9768
Cross-border Digital Public Services: what's in it for citizens? For Industry? For Member States?
Articles, interviews, video and info graphics to learn more about our Large Scale Pilot Projects: e-CODEX, SPOCS, STORK 2.0, epSOS, PEPPOL, the forthcoming eSENS, and the Connecting Europe Facility initiative...Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:38:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/97682012 Survey on eIdentification (SSEDIC)https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8918
Each of us uses an eID on daily basis, e.g. when signing in to an email account, Facebook profile, Internet banking, or to access services of public authorities.
For such online transactions, we need to identify and authenticate ourselves. Currently, various types of hardware and software are used for this purpose, with varying levels of security. More than ever before, this confronts us with questions about privacy protection when sending personal information over the Internet.
All these issues are the subject of this survey for which your attention and collaboration is required.
This survey is organized by SSEDIC, a EU-supported research group that advises the European Commission in defining its policy on Electronic Identity for the coming years. A summary of the results will be made public via our website: www.eid-ssedic.euThu, 08 Nov 2012 15:57:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8918Commission to defend access to open Internet and freedom of speech at global Internet Governance Forum conference in Azerbaijanhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8895
The European Commission will use the opportunity of the annual global conference of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku (5-9 November) to defend the open Internet and promote the Internet as a frontline in efforts to ensure freedom of speech globally, including in Azerbaijan.Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:08:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8895Workshop: Improving Transparency in Government Decision Making - what targets could be defined?https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8874
• How can we best measure transparency and its different forms?
• What are the key transparency-related policy measures that might unleash the EU’s potential economic growth?
• What is the role of technology and eGovernment applications as a means to improve transparency?
• What can we learn from Member States' experiences, e.g. what are good examples of how eGovernment improves transparency?
• Suggestions for common transparency targets.
• Barriers for establishing European (or EU-wide) Transparency Objectives.Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:54:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8874Europeone - eGovernment Conferencehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8860
The Europeone e-Government Conference will bring together experts from the Commission, the Member States, the Candidate Countries and the Private Sector. The conference will focus on issues related to interoperability, key enablers, cross border services, trust and privacy, new technologies tendencies, and e-procurement. Experts will discuss and exchange ideas/experiences on how to empower European citizens and businesses in order to improve their mobility across Europe. Discussions will also focus on how Governments are transforming in order to be more efficient, productive and push economic growth in these difficult global times.
The event is organized within the context of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of EU.Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:41:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8860Your views on Europe's Digital Futurehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8851
Help us shape the Digital Agenda for EuropeWed, 24 Oct 2012 10:05:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8851Interested to know what EU regions are doing in your field? Want to share your good practice? Join the RegioNetwork! @EU_Regionalhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8511
RegioNetwork is an on-line collaboration platform for representatives of European regions and others who are interested in the European Union's regional policy. The platform offers you the possibility to participate to various groups on different topics (such as eHealth, Smart Cities, Jobs and Growth, Public Services, etc) to share your good practices, to check what's going on in your region or to tell people what you are doing in your region and to follow/interact with people. Don't miss this opportunity to discover what's around the corner and express yourself!Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:53:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8511Digital Agenda for Europe: Reality or still a challengehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8490
The conference aims to outline the activities along the guidelines of the “Digital Agenda for Europe” that will help the countries in the region to transform one of its weaknesses into an advantage and overcome the gap in connectivity at national and regional level. Special guest of the event will be the EU Commissioner responsible for the Digital Agenda and Vice-president of the European Commission Neelie Kroes, who will inaugurate the conference. In addition, Bulgaria will host the next Digital Champions meeting which will take place alongside the conference in Sofia.Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:33:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8490Study on Impact assessment for legislation on mutual recognition and
acceptance of e-Identification and e-Authentication across borders (SMART 2011/0075 Final Report)https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8489
The study provides a coherent analysis of regulatory, institutional, organisational and technological
issues related to the development of interoperable cross-border eIDs. Furthermore, it considers the four
options in terms of their potential impact on the development of the digital single market in general, and
of their support to the cross-border access to public services. The different options are compared with
the specific development goals of current policy initiatives.Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:32:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8489'JHI Connected Care Challenge #Europe' for #start-ups and #SMEs registration deadline 17/09/2012https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8484
First start-up and SME Challenge to spur innovation and drive action towards achieving better care and better health at lower cost through continuous improvement. We know greatness is achieved when we work together, and we are committed to playing a pivotal role in invigorating the marketplace of ideas.
30.000€ in prizes will be awarded to entrepreneurs with the best solutions under 3 selected categories. Submissions will be reviewed, and a number of participants will be invited to participate in the Challenge Final on the 5th of November in Berlin, to be held in conjunction with the Health 2.0 Conference.Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:25:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8484Cerdanya’s joint cross-border Hospital to offer healthcare services to Catalonia and Francehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8478
The new centre will significantly improve the healthcare provision of this border area, which, owing to its location in the mountains, suffers from accessibility problems. The hospital will cater for a permanent population of 30 000, as well as influxes of over 100 000 more during holiday seasons. The hospital is planned to be ready to welcome new patients from end of 2012.Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:09:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8478EU-US eHealth Marketplace and Transatlantic Health IT/eHealth Cooperation Assemblyhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8471
The marketplace is designed to generate real business and lasting effective relationships. It will also co-locate the 2012 Transatlantic Health IT/eHealth Cooperation Assembly, co-organised by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the European Commission's DG Connect. This assembly will offer substantial opportunities to discuss the EU-US Roadmap of activities to advance the HHS-EC MoU goals. Activities within this event are listed in the main "Marketplace" programme, to help participants plan and prioritize their schedules.Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:39:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8471Global Diabetes Surveyhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8468
Each year in the Global Diabetes Survey, patients, primary care physicians, specialists, politicians, economists, representatives from insurance companies, in short, all diabetes-related stakeholder groups, will be invited to take the survey and submit a standardized questionnaire. The goal is to describe the quality of diabetes care in a transparent and unbiased way. The results of the survey could be used to motivate stakeholders to fix weaknesses and improve diabetes care. The annual report on the quality of diabetes care should be based on the responses from as many survey participants as possible. It is also important that each of the survey’s focus groups is represented so that survey gives a comprehensive picture of diabetes care.Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:31:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8468IT Forum North-Rhine Westphalia “Europe goes online”: EU LSPs Roadshowhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8440
The next stop of the cross-borders LSP Roadshow (www.buildconnectgrow.eu) will be the IT Forum –“Europe goes online” – in Cologne, Germany. It will be held September 24 - 25, 2012 in the Higher Regional Court Cologne, in a 101 year old historical building.
Over two days several hundred invited guests will gain an insight into the progress and achievements of all LSPs and different European projects of the national e-Justice and e-Government sectors.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:59:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8440LAST CALL! - Submissions still open for the European Year 2012 Awardshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8439
The European Commission invites organisations and individuals promoting active ageing through their activities to participate in the European Year 2012 Awards. Submissions will remain open until September 1st, except for the Life Story Challenge, which will close September 16th.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:55:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8439MovingLife launches a public consultation on Roadmaps for mHealth Solutionshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8434
The aim of the online public stakeholder consultation on “Roadmaps for the widespread use and broad acceptance of mHealth solutions” is to collect evidence on the most important needs and requirements that must be satisfied in order to facilitate the deployment of mHealth solutions. MovingLife EU funded project is seeking advice, comments and input on stakeholders’ specific areas of interest and expertise to address the requirements and challenges of the components that characterise the gaps that need to be filled in the roadmap. The consultation process will run until 17 September 2012 and the results from the consultation will be used to revise and fine-tune the preliminary roadmaps into a consolidated roadmap for mHealth. This final roadmap and an action plan for its incorporation will be presented and discussed at a large stakeholder conference in Brussels in the beginning of 2013.Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:44:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8434Call for proposals Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governancehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8368
Challenge 5 builds on the previous research activities on health, ageing, inclusion, and governance. It aims to support new policy developments such as the Digital Agenda for Europe, the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing and Horizon 2020. It adapts also to better support innovation and activities closer to the market like pre-commercial procurement actions and platforms supporting social innovation. The focus will be on development of solutions that empower the individual, in a social context, to improve and manage personal life as a citizen, elderly, patient, consumer, civil servant or worker. For details on each domain and objective, check the workprogramme 2013 from page 53.Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:04:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8368Call for Proposals: Cross-border services, investment readiness and legal advice for ICT SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8367
The overall objective of the call 10 (Objective ICT-2013.11.5) for proposal is to drive innovation, facilitate technology transfer, support entrepreneurship and the creation of start-ups and spinoffs etc, contributing to the exploitation of more innovative products and services out of EU R&D projects. This should be done through actions and events organised in thematic domains as well as the use of existing electronic platforms and networking tools.
More details on page 112 of the WORK PROGRAMME 2013. Deadline: 15 January 2013Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:05:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8367Focusing in on European research in central and eastern Europehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8356
European research, technology and development has long been at the forefront of many breakthroughs but, according to the European Science Foundation, a rethink needs to occur to identify the challenges of the future and new agendas being developed.Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:32:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/835628 new epSOS pilot sites launched offering Patient Summary services in Spainhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8332
With these new sites it makes in total 42 Spanish epSOS Points of Care (PoC): 33 PoC can be found on the Balearic Islands and 9 in Valencia.
With those new Spanish pilot sites epSOS offers now already 70 PoC in 5 countries piloting Patient Summary & ePrescription services. Further Points of Care will follow soon, stay tuned!Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:41:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8332Digital Government Roundtable 2012, Brussels 17th of April 2012
Executive Briefhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8326
Summarises the debate from the Roundtable including key challenges, proposed strategies and best-practice case studies. (amongst the key note speakers: Robert Madelin, Mechthild Rohen)Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:26:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8326How 21st Century Technologies Can Drive Innovation in Europe's Public Services?https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8325
Interviews about how digital government has evolved over the past 10 years and how it is shaped today in some countries...
(Recorded at the High-Level Roundtable for Government Executives on Digital Government, April 2012)Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:16:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/83251st European Conference on e-­Public Procurement (ECPP) and
1st Exhibition of European e-Platformshttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8306
The objectives of this 1st European Conference on e-Public Procurement and 1st Exhibition of European e-Platforms are:
Discussing the implications of the single digital market on public procurement;
Presenting the new advances of e-procurement available through Software as a Service (SaaS);
Discussing the role of e-procurement to improve the management of each
organization;
Identifying major macro-economic benefits due to the dissemination of e-public procurement;
Discussing alternative strategies to simplify and to overcome e-procurement obstacles;
Analyzing the new European Directives for e-public procurement;
Presenting e-procurement impacts on innovation and on SMEs access to public markets;
Proposing new initiatives to increase cross-border public procurement.
An exhibition of “best-of-breed” services of e-platforms is open during the whole day.Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:38:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8306European Prizes for Innovation in Public Administration - now openhttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8298
The European Prize for Innovation in Public Administration will be awarded to the nine most innovative initiatives run by public authorities from across Europe that are bringing improvements to citizens' lives, helping firms and stimulating research and education.
The prizes will reward excellence and innovation in successful, already running, and innovative public initiatives managed by any national, regional or local public administrations from EU Member States or Associated Countries of the Research Framework Programme. They will have made significant improvements in citizens' lives by strategies, services, networks, processes and infrastructure offered by public Administrations troughout Europe.
The contest will close on 15 February 2013.Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:18:00 GMThttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/news-redirect/8298